Purdin v. Hancock
Decision Date | 07 October 1913 |
Parties | PURDIN et al. v. HANCOCK, Sheriff, et al. |
Court | Oregon Supreme Court |
Department 1.
Appeal from Circuit Court, Washington County; J.U. Campbell, Judge.
Suit by Ira E. Purdin and another against George G. Hancock, as Sheriff of Washington County, and another. From a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed.
The plaintiffs allege that they are owners of real and personal property situated in road district No. 29, in Washington county. They allege that the county judge and commissioners of that county, sitting as a board for the transaction of county business, "did on December 31, 1909, attempt to levy a special road tax of five mills on the dollar of taxable property in said road district No. 29 aforesaid, and directed the county clerk of said county to extend the same against the taxable property of said road district No. 29 upon the tax roll of said county for said year 1909." After reciting the amount of special taxes apportioned to the several classes of property in question, the complaint alleges: It is also averred that at a date mentioned the plaintiffs tendered to the sheriff certain amounts which they admitted to be due in payment of taxes and demanded a receipt in full for all taxes for the year 1909. They pray...
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